I saw a bloke on an expensive looking road bike yesterday who had something strange going on with his cranks. It looked as if the left crank (at least) was on some sort of ratchet so that the pair of cranks could be either opposed (the more conventional arrangement) or both down. The guy seemed to be using one leg sometimes, the other leg at others and more often both legs. I've seen a one legged cyclist who used a non rotating crank on the left side to allow his artificial limb to take some weight, but this was weird. What? and more perplexingly, why? -- Roger Thorpe
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I saw a bloke on an expensive looking road bike yesterday who had something strange going on with his cranks. It looked as if the left crank (at least) was on some sort of ratchet so that the pair of cranks could be either opposed (the more conventional arrangement) or both down. The guy seemed to be using one leg sometimes, the other leg at others and more often both legs. I've seen a one legged cyclist who used a non rotating crank on the left side to allow his artificial limb to take some weight, but this was weird. What? and more perplexingly, why?
Interesting website (I mean that!) I won't be rushing out to buy them though...
Thanks Rob, that answered my question completely. I can see how they might affect your pedalling style. You could probably get the same effect with loose cotter pins for a while, but 900 dollars for the basic set........
-- Roger Thorpe
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